Woman stabbed, raped in Daytona Beach

Detectives are looking for a man who stabbed and raped a woman on Cedar Street, according to a Police Department report.

By Julie Murphyjulie.murphy@news-jrnl.com

DAYTONA BEACH — Detectives are looking for a man who stabbed and raped a woman on Cedar Street, according to a Police Department report.The 41-year-old woman was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center early Wednesday by EVAC Ambulance after she was attacked following a night in which she went to “hang out and have a few beers with friends,” the report states. The woman told police she went to hang out near Cedar Street shortly before midnight and stayed there until about 4 a.m.She walked east on Cedar Street, in the 500 block, when a man grabbed her from behind, covering her mouth and nose with his hand, according to the report. As she started to scream he told her to “shut up (expletive deleted).” The woman told police she was thrown to the ground, stabbed in the chin and punched, according to the report. The sexual assault lasted six or seven minutes, the woman told police, and she kept quiet out of fear, the report states. Her attacker said, “(Expletive deleted) don’t get up and stay here.” The woman was treated at the hospital for a large cut from her lip to under her chin with a total of 11 stitches, according to the report. Police are looking for a 25- to 35-year-old man who is between 5 feet 5 inches and 6 feet tall and weighs 160 to 175 pounds. According to police he has light to medium skin tone, a mustache and shoulder-length dreadlocks. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Lissette Deschamps at 386-671-5222 or at deschampsl@dbpd.us.